New Skins: New Paintings by Andrea Carlson and Jim Denomie
Friday, April 6, 2007—Sunday, May 27, 2007
Minnesota Artists Gallery
Minneapolis Institute of Arts
2400 Third Avenue South
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55404
Hours: Tu, Wed, Fri, Sat 10-5
Sun 11-5
Mon-closed
Free Exhibition
EVENT 1
(Courtesy of Chris Munger)
Sunday, April 15, 2007
11:00 AM—5:00 PM
FREE
museum-wide
Inspiring: Traditional and Contemporary Arts of Native America
Minneapolis Institute of Arts
2400 Third Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55404
The museum is located one mile south of downtown Minneapolis at the intersection of 3rd Avenue South and East 24th Street.
Celebrate traditional Native American culture with a performance of storytelling, music, and dance by Chickasaw/Choctaw M. Cochise Anderson. Examine the MIA’s permanent collection of Native American arts, and a special exhibition featuring the work of two contemporary artists working from the narratives of their Anishinabe ancestry. Free.
They also have a permanent exhibit that might be of interest -
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EVENT 2: speaker
Gerald Vizenor
University of New Mexico
will talk on "Survivance: Theory and Practice in Native American Narratives"
Monday, April 9
4:00pm
120 Nolte Center
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EVENT 3: Play reading and Talk/Discussion
Marcie Rendon, White Earth Ojibwe, playwright/writer
will visit the American Indian Theatre course
April 18
in Scott 4
2:30-3:45: play reading _SongCatcher: A Native Interpretation of the Story of Frances Densmore_
3:45-5:00: Marcie talks about her work.
Please know students and others can come sit in and or take part in the reading. The room is large and the theatre class is small, so there is plenty of room for visitors. We've divided up the class in two parts so that if someone can't come to the first part they can come to the second without a lot of interruption.
e-mail Prof. Coronado for more info
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EVENT 4: POWWOW
St. Paul Indian Education Traditional Powwow
April 13
6-8 PM
FREE
The American Indian Magnet
1075 E. Third St
St. Paul, MN
Info: 651-293-5191
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EVENT 5: Powwow
April 28:
Minneapolis Traditional Powwow
Grand Enteries at 2pm & at 6pm
Feast at 4:30pm
Indian Center
1530 East Franklin Ave.
Minneapolis, MN.
Info: Windy Downwind 612-455-2837
This is an opportunity for families to sing, dance, socialize and enjoy our cultural tradition. Head Dancers are Patrick and Rachel LeGarde. Children 11 and under MUST be accompanied by an adult or they will not be admitted.
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EVENT 6
Office of University Women
Reel Dames Film Series
*Thursday, April 19*
"Mohawk Girls"
Exuberant, intimate look at issues of American Indian identity, culture and family.
Discussion: Peggy Flanagan, White Earth Band of Ojibwe, Mpls. School Board member
*6:30 p.m.
Nicholson Hall 125*
FREE but Space Limited. RSVP Now.
612-625-9837 - OR - women@umn.edu
here's a link to the poster with other events
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EVENT 7
New Voices in Native Media
April 13 and 14
7:00-10:00 pm
Center for Independent Artists
4137 Bloomington Ave. S., at the Instituto de Cultrua Y Educacion.
For more info, call 612-724-8392.
New Voices in Native Media honors youth and new filmmakers. A special reception opens this two-night mini-film festival; the filmmakers and their families are invited to talk about their films. The juried selection of short films, videos, and animations are shown at local screening rooms around the Twin Cities. Free and open to the public. In collaboration with Independent Indigenous Film and Media. Hosted at the Center for Independent artists.
EVENT 1>POWWOW
Cherish the Children Pow Wow
9th Annual Celebration
Central High School, 275 North Lexington Parkway, St. Paul, MN
Saturday, February 17, 2007
1 PM and 7 PM Grand Entry
Sunday, February 18, 2007
1 PM Grand Entry
5 PM Feast
for more info Ain Dah Yung Center Powwow
EVENT 2>TALK
Prof. Angela Pulley Hudson
"To Make Crooked Ways Straight: Indians, Slaves, and Settlers in the Creek Nation, 1790-1820s"
Monday, Feb 12, 3:30-5pm
102 Walter Library
(Prof. Slocum is a candidate in CLA's Comparative Race and Ethnic Studies search)
EVENT 3>TALK
Prof. David Martinez
"From the Land of Sky-Blue Water: Charles A. Eastman, Minnesota and the World of the American Indian"
as part of the "Diversity through the Disciplines" Prof. Martinez will be one of four speakers
Thurs. February 8, 2:30-4:30pm President's Room in the Coffman Memorial Union
(Prof Martinez is in the dept of American Indian Studies)
EVENT 3>TALK
Brenda Child
"My Grandfather's Knocking Sticks: Gender, Labor, and the Great Depression in Ojibwe Country"
Thurs. February 15, 7pm (short reception after)
Marshall Room, Christensen Center
(Prof. Child is a prof. of History in the dept of American Studies, and also teaches in American Indian Studies)
EVENT 4>EXHIBITION
"Building Ties"
Culturally sensitive housing designs for the Hmong and Ojibwe people by interior design students of the University of Minnesota, under the direction of Dr. Tasoulla Hadjiyanni.
The exhibition features interior spaces to support cultural practices like cooking traditional foods, religious customs, and gathering with friends and family. Culturally sensitive design can improve mental, emotional, and physical well-being and can ease new immigrant groups' adjustment to American life. Seventeen residential design solutions are included.
Event date(s): 2/4/2007 - 6/3/2007
Gallery Hours:
Tue., 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Wed., Fri., Sat., and Sun., 1 to 5 p.m.
Thurs., 1 to 8 p.m.
OPENING RECEPTION: Sunday, Feb. 4, 3-6pm.
Hennepin History Museum
2303 Third Ave S
Minneapolis, MN 55404
Phone: (612) 555-5555
Although there is no mention of the exhibition on the museum website (at least when i looked)-- it really is at the museum.
Continue reading "More Spring Events: Powwow, Talks, Exhibition" »
Friday March 23, 3:30-5:00 Ofelia Zepada, Tohono O'odham writer and poet will speak--location TBA
Monday April 9, 4-6 pm Gerald Vizenor, Chippewa scholar and writer will speak--location TBA
Author and cultural theorist Gerald Vizenor will be in 125 Nolte on 10 October, Tuesday, a 4:00pm discussing "Genocide Tribunals: Native Human Rights and Survivance"
A profilic writer, Vizenor's work crosses genres--he's written poetry, novels, essays and a screenplay.
this webpage gives a good overview of his work.
http://www.hanksville.org/storytellers/vizenor/
He's also taught at the university level for many years. He's a native son of Minnesota-born White Earth Chippewa.